Re: Can't Load Fedora 15

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:47:07 -0600 Bill Kuns wrote: > that I select a driver. What driver? Where do I find the blasted > thing? Isn't there a driver > on the Fedora 15 DVD? > It depends on the hardware your using. As F15 is old in Fedora Releases, the "driver" you need may not be built into

Re: Printing jobs

On 03/30/13 13:03, Richard Vickery wrote: > can anyone help me figure out what is going on here? I'll look at it in the > morning, but still might not find it on my own. > > SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups from search access on the > directory /var/lib/hp. > > What is the outpu

Re: undo rm -rf * (Patrick O'Callaghan)

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 21:32 -0700, Rick Walker wrote: > "nrm -s" keeps a fine-grained horde of every deleted file - even > multiple deletes of the same file! The strategy works so well, that > I'd seriously propose the .gone strategy as a kernel option. Then all > "unlink" calls would use the sam

Re: difference between output of "yum ps" and "needs-restarting"?

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 23:29 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Georg Wittig wrote: > > Hi, > > > > can anyone please explain the difference between the output of > > yum ps(from the RPM yum-plugin-ps) > > and > > needs-restarting (from the RPM yum-utils) > > > > I couldn

Printing jobs

can anyone help me figure out what is going on here? I'll look at it in the morning, but still might not find it on my own. SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups from search access on the directory /var/lib/hp. * Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests ***

Re: undo rm -rf * (Patrick O'Callaghan)

> > > pseudo-rm is going to fail, either because the implementer didn't > > > handle some corner case correctly, or because you typed rm instead > > > of nrm, or because a file was removed by a program without anyone > > > typing anything, and the only solution is to have a backup. So if > > > yo

Re: Can't Load Fedora 15

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Bill Kuns wrote: > ** > My computer died, so I have to make a new one. The thing comes up nicely, > but when I try > to load the Fedora 15 I've been using, it won't go. I keep getting this > screen which demands > that I select a driver. What driver? Where do

Re: Can't Load Fedora 15

Bill Kuns wrote: My computer died, so I have to make a new one. The thing comes up nicely, but when I try to load the Fedora 15 I've been using, it won't go. I keep getting this screen which demands that I select a driver. What driver? Where do I find the blasted thing? Isn't there a driver

Re: difference between output of "yum ps" and "needs-restarting"?

Bill Davidsen wrote: Georg Wittig wrote: Hi, can anyone please explain the difference between the output of yum ps(from the RPM yum-plugin-ps) and needs-restarting (from the RPM yum-utils) I couldn't find many infos about those 2 commands. I'll take a whack a

Re: difference between output of "yum ps" and "needs-restarting"?

Georg Wittig wrote: Hi, can anyone please explain the difference between the output of yum ps(from the RPM yum-plugin-ps) and needs-restarting (from the RPM yum-utils) I couldn't find many infos about those 2 commands. I'll take a whack at clarifying. yum ps

Re: undo rm -rf *

Reindl Harald wrote: Am 26.03.2013 21:08, schrieb Rick Stevens: On 03/26/2013 10:35 AM, Reindl Harald issued this missive: Am 26.03.2013 18:03, schrieb Matthew Saltzman: this is safe since a very long time [root@testserver:/tmp]$ LANG=c; /usr/bin/rm -rf .* /usr/bin/rm: cannot remove direc

Re: undo rm -rf *

Reindl Harald wrote: Am 26.03.2013 17:16, schrieb Bruno Wolff III: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 03:11:54 +1100, Celik wrote: Bruno, after such an experience, did you come up with an alternative solution to using "rm -rf"? "rm -i" is good as it prompts before deletion however it becomes tediou

Re: undo rm -rf *

Celik wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:57 PM, jarmo mailto:oh1...@nic.fi>> wrote: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:23:29 +1100 Celik mailto:celik.n...@gmail.com>> kirjoitti: > Hi, > > Had a logic error in my bash script and did "rm -rf *" on my current > working directory. Any

Re: undo rm -rf *

Celik wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Bill Oliver mailto:ven...@billoblog.com>> wrote: The last time this happened to me, I had some luck using sleuthkit: http://www.sleuthkit.org/ As you noted, installing new things on your computer is destructive to deleted files.

Can't Load Fedora 15

My computer died, so I have to make a new one. The thing comes up nicely, but when I try to load the Fedora 15 I've been using, it won't go. I keep getting this screen which demands that I select a driver. What driver? Where do I find the blasted thing? Isn't there a driver on the Fedora 15 DV

Re: F18 defect in playing CDs.

On 03/29/2013 03:20 PM, Michael Schwendt issued this missive: On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:08:53 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 01:40 +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 06:29:26PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: Previously in earlier versions of Fedora under GN

Re: yum upgrade

On Mar 29, 2013 2:58 PM, "Reindl Harald" wrote: > > > > Am 29.03.2013 22:52, schrieb Richard Vickery: > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Reindl Harald > > > wrote: > > > > because OSX and Windows are lcearly not useable for them > > It's only that Linux is far superior because the kernel wa

difference between output of "yum ps" and "needs-restarting"?

Hi, can anyone please explain the difference between the output of yum ps(from the RPM yum-plugin-ps) and needs-restarting (from the RPM yum-utils) I couldn't find many infos about those 2 commands. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: F18 defect in playing CDs.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:08:53 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 01:40 +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 06:29:26PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > Previously in earlier versions of Fedora under GNOME when you put in a > > > CD it played the CD wit

Re: Expanding the list of "Hardened Packages"

Am 29.03.2013 23:07, schrieb John Reiser: > On 03/29/2013, Reindl Harald wrote: > >>> -fPIE code is larger and takes longer to execute. The cost varies from >>> minimal (< 2%) in many cases to 10% or more for "non-dynamic" arrays on i686 >> >> i686 becomes more or less dead >> >> there could be

Re: Fedora 18 Virt-Manager pkla

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:34:10 +0100 poma wrote: > man 8 polkit - Authorization Rules Examples ;) > > poma > You example was clearer to me. The example on man 8, not so helpful. It's my logic problem, not the authors. My thanks to you for the knowledge shared. -- Regards, Frank http//www.frank

Re: yum upgrade

Am 29.03.2013 22:52, schrieb Richard Vickery: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Reindl Harald > wrote: > > if you want only ONE way to do things switch to Apple OSX > > > When you put it that way, it reminds me what it was like to use Red Hat back > when I

Re: yum upgrade

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > if you want only ONE way to do things switch to Apple OSX > When you put it that way, it reminds me what it was like to use Red Hat back when I made the switch in 1998 - grin, bare it, and patiently work through it - because it was really

Re: yum upgrade

Am 29.03.2013 21:38, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Reindl Harald wrote: >> what is difficult in >> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum_directly >> >> there is a idiot-proof 1-2-3-4 instruction for each specific jump >> well, you need to understand wh

Re: yum upgrade

Reindl Harald wrote: >> 3. I looked at the two document mentioned about upgrading Fedora: >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum_directly >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp#How_Can_I_Upgrade_My_System_with_FedUp.3F >> >> I found both of them

Re: F18 defect in playing CDs.

On 03/29/2013 01:08 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: I did that and it does not work for me on either of my F18 machines. On previous Fedora versions it works so something is wrong. I guess I have have to keep searching for an answer. What music player do you use? It might make a difference, although

Re: Logging in to CUPS web UI

On 03/29/2013 03:12 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > I just tried root on my f18 system and it works fine. > I do have selinux turned off. Are you getting selinux > problems logged when you try it? Looks like I typo'ed (probably caps lock) the root password the last time I changed it. Ah, the joys of sud

Re: Logging in to CUPS web UI

On 03/29/2013 03:11 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > It works for me, but... Weird. It's working for me now as well. yum remove system-config-printer here I come! -- Ian Pilcher arequip...

Re: Logging in to CUPS web UI

Am 29.03.2013 21:05, schrieb Ian Pilcher: > In prior releases, I was able to log in to the CUPS web UI using the OS > root credentials. This doesn't work in Fedora 18. it did NOT work out-of-the-box as it does not now but it would be mch easier to help you if you would provide some infos what a

Re: Logging in to CUPS web UI

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:05:35 -0500 Ian Pilcher wrote: > How can I log into the CUPS web UI in Fedora 18? I just tried root on my f18 system and it works fine. I do have selinux turned off. Are you getting selinux problems logged when you try it? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: Logging in to CUPS web UI

On 03/29/2013 03:05 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote: > In prior releases, I was able to log in to the CUPS web UI using the OS > root credentials. This doesn't work in Fedora 18. > > How can I log into the CUPS web UI in Fedora 18? > > Thanks! > It works for me, but... Anyhow, does this help: http://h

Re: Logging in to CUPS web UI

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 15:05 -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote: > In prior releases, I was able to log in to the CUPS web UI using the OS > root credentials. This doesn't work in Fedora 18. > > How can I log into the CUPS web UI in Fedora 18? > > Thanks! That is usually at: localhost:631 in browser. --

Re: F18 defect in playing CDs.

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 01:40 +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 06:29:26PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > Previously in earlier versions of Fedora under GNOME when you put in a > > CD it played the CD with whatever program you indicated should be used > > automatically. N

Logging in to CUPS web UI

In prior releases, I was able to log in to the CUPS web UI using the OS root credentials. This doesn't work in Fedora 18. How can I log into the CUPS web UI in Fedora 18? Thanks! -- Ian Pilcher

Re: Read AIFF metadata

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 11:22 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > "Doesn't work" isn't a useful problem description. > > How do you try to add the file? With the "Add File" button? With that one > the file dialog here shows *.aiff files if I enable the filter "All files > (*.*)". There is no separate f

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

On 03/29/2013 02:04 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Oh the humanity! You do realize you hijacked a thread to post this, > don't you? Yes. That was my mistake. I was going to reply in thread, then though I should start a new one. But, I didn't create a new message, just changed the header. I've

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 09:55 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > When people talk about choosing FOSS software like Fedora, "a strong > community" is always cited. > > May we declare a moratorium on meta-discussions? If someone doesn't > give enough info, ask them for more, and that's all. Going off on

Re: Fedora 18 Virt-Manager pkla

On 29.03.2013 13:31, Frank Murphy wrote: > How to allow the regular user to start Virt-Manager without > having to constantly insert password. > > http://libvirt.org/auth.html > "/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/" > above dirs seem to be no longer in F18 > > there is > /etc/polkit-1/rules.

Re: Expanding the list of "Hardened Packages"

CC to the users list because this is a interesting topic at all Am 29.03.2013 18:48, schrieb John Reiser: >> Thinking from a security perspective, I find "Hardening flags can only >> be disabled for other packages at the maintainer's discretion provided >> enough justification is given to FESCo" t

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 16:09 +, davidscha...@mobilicity.blackberry.com wrote: > Once again sorry about the top post. > > Afaik, there has never been a foo in the man pages. What I was referring to > was the new people find the jargon in them, if not intimidating, at least > confusing, if they

Re: undo rm -rf *

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 17:40 +1100, Celik wrote: > At some point a > > > pseudo-rm is going to fail, either because the implementer didn't handle > > some corner case correctly, or because you typed rm instead of nrm, or > > because a file was removed by a program without anyone typing anything, >

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On 03/29/2013 06:58 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: That is a common typo for "failed" (the a and f are interchanged). I bet everyone has made a typo like that sometime in the past. Other such comon typos could be missing letters, interchanging characters and spaces at word boundaries, etc. *Snicker!*

Re: thank you for the new version of okular (0.16.1)

On 03/29/2013 06:57 AM, Lailah wrote: Happy Passover! ¡Felices pascuas! Good yontif! I trust your seder was pleasant, and you weren't stuck with the Four Questions. I was still having to ask them in my late '50s, even though there was a younger man (and a goy, at that) attending.

Re: yum upgrade

Am 29.03.2013 16:39, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Reindl Harald wrote: >>> CentOS seems able to do it ... >> >> CENTOS HAS NO DIST-UPGRADES AT ALL >> No 5.1 to 5.2 is NOT at dist-upgrade > > 1. CentOS has "minor upgrades" at more or less the same frequency > that Fedora has "major upgrades", > so

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On 03/29/13 23:52, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 29 March 2013, Ed Greshko sent: >> From now on, at least during winter time, Im going to blame all >> spelling an grammar erros on the cat sitting on my chest every time I >> sit down at the computer > And this generates a strange mental pi

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

Once again sorry about the top post. Afaik, there has never been a foo in the man pages. What I was referring to was the new people find the jargon in them, if not intimidating, at least confusing, if they do not know the jargon. It was the same with some of howto's that were available in the 9

Re: thank you for the new version of okular (0.16.1)

El lun, 18-03-2013 a las 22:31 +0100, Frédéric Bron escribió: > that has beautiful zooms! > Great! > Frédéric Hi from South America! Happy Passover! ¡Felices pascuas! I am very happy too with Okular, is by far the best app for reading books. Good to see another happy user. Greet

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

Allegedly, on or about 29 March 2013, Ed Greshko sent: > From now on, at least during winter time, Im going to blame all > spelling an grammar erros on the cat sitting on my chest every time I > sit down at the computer And this generates a strange mental picture... ;-) Is it an anti-gravit

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On 03/29/13 22:42, Reindl Harald wrote: > it's a difference having a typo in the subject or in the content > especially if someone speaks about auditd in the subject and > sshd in the content A typo is a typo. You just didn't have enough context for you to be able to figure it out. Sure, there

Re: yum upgrade

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:39:05 +0100 Timothy Murphy wrote: > Reindl Harald wrote: > > I wonder if they'll ever automate the upgrade process? to > make it easier to go from one version to the next? seems > like it would help make the process smoother for newbies > > >> C

Re: yum upgrade

Reindl Harald wrote: I wonder if they'll ever automate the upgrade process? to make it easier to go from one version to the next? seems like it would help make the process smoother for newbies >> CentOS seems able to do it ... > > CENTOS HAS NO DIST-UPGRADES AT ALL > N

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:04:22 + davidscha...@mobilicity.blackberry.com wrote: > I > can also remember a time on these support lists that the usual > response to new users questions was 'RTFM'. The manuals were and > still are very technical in jargon that are not very helpful unless > one knows

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:55:28 -0500 Steven Stern wrote: > > When people talk about choosing FOSS software like Fedora, "a strong > community" is always cited. Not so sure Steven. Always figured "FOSS software - a strong community" always pointed to active development, not necessarily use. >

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

Sorry for the top post. Blackberry mail is a good prrogramme for a list. While I agree with Mr. Stern on the topic of politeness, I can also remember a time on these support lists that the usual response to new users questions was 'RTFM'. The manuals were and still are very technical in jargon t

Re: Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

Am 29.03.2013 15:55, schrieb Steven Stern: > When people talk about choosing FOSS software like Fedora, "a strong > community" is always cited. > > May we declare a moratorium on meta-discussions? If someone doesn't > give enough info, ask them for more, and that's all. Going off on top > postin

Meta-discussions and the role of the Fedora Community

When people talk about choosing FOSS software like Fedora, "a strong community" is always cited. May we declare a moratorium on meta-discussions? If someone doesn't give enough info, ask them for more, and that's all. Going off on top posting, depth of quoting, typos, etc makes the list a hosti

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

Am 29.03.2013 15:31, schrieb Ed Greshko: > On 03/29/13 21:58, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> Hi Reindl, >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 02:28:27PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> your subject "auditd is afiled how to enable" does not describe >>> your problem, "afiled" is AFAIK not a known word, so please >>

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On 03/29/13 21:58, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi Reindl, > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 02:28:27PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >> your subject "auditd is afiled how to enable" does not describe >> your problem, "afiled" is AFAIK not a known word, so please >> consider in the future to describe your problem,

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

Hi Reindl, On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 02:28:27PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > your subject "auditd is afiled how to enable" does not describe > your problem, "afiled" is AFAIK not a known word, so please > consider in the future to describe your problem, find a mathcing > subject and after that p

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

Am 29.03.2013 13:56, schrieb Prashanth Kasula: > |[root@KM-WS151 /]# service sshd status > Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status sshd.service > sshd.service > Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) > Active: failed since Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:44:48 +0530; 33min ago > >

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:26:13 +0530 Prashanth Kasula wrote: > [root@KM-WS151 /]# service sshd status > Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status sshd.service > sshd.service > Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) > Active: failed since Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:44:48 +0530; > 3

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

[root@KM-WS151 /]# service sshd status Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status sshd.service sshd.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: failed since Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:44:48 +0530; 33min ago Main PID: 10063 (code=exited, status=255) On Fri, M

Fedora 18 Virt-Manager pkla

How to allow the regular user to start Virt-Manager without having to constantly insert password. http://libvirt.org/auth.html "/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/" above dirs seem to be no longer in F18 there is /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-default.rules I havn't a clue about the JS config req

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:57:51 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 29.03.2013 12:45, schrieb Prashanth Kasula: > > For sshd service there is a problem in enabling auditd service.if any one > > knows the process please let us know. > > STOP TO START EACH DAY MULTIPLE THREADS WITHOUT ANY INFORMAT

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:57:51 +0100 Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 29.03.2013 12:45, schrieb Prashanth Kasula: > > For sshd service there is a problem in enabling auditd service.if > > any one knows the process please let us know. > * what is your input > * what is the output > * what does "syst

Re: auditd is afiled how to enable

Am 29.03.2013 12:45, schrieb Prashanth Kasula: > For sshd service there is a problem in enabling auditd service.if any one > knows the process please let us know. STOP TO START EACH DAY MULTIPLE THREADS WITHOUT ANY INFORMATIONS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM - LEARN TO PROVIDE INFORMATIONS! "For sshd se

auditd is afiled how to enable

Hi all, For sshd service there is a problem in enabling auditd service.if any one knows the process please let us know. Thanks Prashanth -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guid

Re: Read AIFF metadata

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:43:14 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > I spoke a bit too soon. I just realized that my latest test was done > on a box where I didn't have all of the gstreamer plugins installed. > After installing them, the latest soundconverter release on F17 was able > to properl